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About me

Engineer at the seam of AI and product.

I’m Syed Sartaj Ahmed, a software engineer in Abu Dhabi specializing in Agentic AI on a strong full-stack and applied-ML foundation. I like the messy middle — turning a model or an idea into something people actually use.

Right now I’m an Agentic AI Engineer at BlessHost, building a production RAG assistant (embedding pipelines + vector search on PostgreSQL/pgvector) alongside the surrounding multi-tenant SaaS platform in TypeScript/Node.js (Express, Knex) and React — with Python for data, ML and automation. Before that I shipped SaaS and mobile products across a few teams, and started out in machine learning.

So I’m as comfortable with a data pipeline as I am with a REST API or a React UI. I care about code that’s grounded, reliable and maintainable — and about shipping. If it doesn’t reach production, it doesn’t count.

Syed Sartaj Ahmed
  • RoleAgentic AI Engineer
  • Based inAbu Dhabi, UAE
  • FocusAI · Full-Stack · ML
  • Open toUAE & remote roles

Experience

Where I’ve worked

Agentic AI Engineer · BlessHost

Dec 2025 — Present

Abu Dhabi, UAE

  • Designed and shipped an in-app AI Assistant using RAG — document chunking, embeddings (Voyage), and semantic retrieval over PostgreSQL/pgvector with IVFFlat — tuning probes for grounded, low-hallucination answers.
  • Built an idempotent embedding/indexing pipeline (content-hash dedupe, orphan cleanup) keeping the knowledge base in sync, with retrieval-quality evaluation.
  • Engineered backend services and REST APIs for the multi-tenant SaaS in TypeScript/Node.js (Express, Knex) on schema-per-tenant PostgreSQL, serving multiple live tenants.
  • Architected event-driven, agentic automation and routed all invoice creation through a single, auditable issuance chokepoint.
  • Integrated payment gateways (Stripe, Amazon Payment Services, PayPal, Network) with hosted-redirect flows, server-side reconciliation and idempotent completion; built UAE e-invoicing and QR table-ordering with server-authoritative pricing, secured with JWT & rate limiting.
  • Delivered React admin and storefront frontends end-to-end and released a signed Android app (Capacitor) to Google Play; wrote Python automation for data migration and verification.
  • Containerized with Docker and deployed via GitHub Actions CI/CD to Hetzner behind Cloudflare (DNS/SSL/WAF); monitored with Prometheus & Grafana.

Full-Stack Engineer · optiblack LLC

Mar 2025 — Oct 2025

Remote

  • Built the company SaaS product “Hodor” across web and mobile, developing scalable, maintainable features in React/Node.js.
  • Instrumented web and mobile apps with product analytics (Mixpanel, RudderStack, Google Analytics) — event pipelines and reporting that drove product decisions.
  • Delivered three major releases/projects in eight months across multiple stacks, earning a performance-based increment.

Software Engineer · Noor Al-Khait LLC

Jul 2024 — Feb 2025

Sharjah, UAE

  • Designed and implemented modules for client-specific applications, contributing to end-to-end software delivery.
  • Participated in code reviews and best-practice implementation, and troubleshot technical issues within Agile workflows.

Toolbox

Skills & technologies

The full stack I work across — every tool below shows up in real, shipped work.

Languages

PythonTypeScriptJavaScript (Node, ES6+)SQLJavaHTML5CSS3

AI & LLM Engineering

RAGLLM apps & integrationAgentic workflows & tool callingPrompt engineeringEmbeddings & vector searchRetrieval evaluationContext management

Machine Learning & Data

NumPyPandasscikit-learnMatplotlibSupervised learningClustering (k-means)Feature engineeringModel evaluationPredictive analytics

Backend & APIs

REST API designNode.jsExpressFastAPIFlaskMulti-tenant SaaSEvent-driven servicesWebhooksAuth & JWTRate limitingIdempotency

Frontend

ReactNext.jsReact NativeResponsive UIComponent architectureState management

Databases & Data Stores

PostgreSQLpgvector (IVFFlat)MongoDBSQL ServerSQLiteFirestoreRedisMigrations (Knex)

Integrations

StripeAmazon Payment ServicesPayPalNetworkMixpanelRudderStackGoogle Analytics

Cloud & DevOps / MLOps

DockerGitHub Actions (CI/CD)GCP (Cloud Run)AzureFirebaseCloudflareHetznerPrometheusGrafana

Tools & Practices

GitGitHubBitbucketAgile / ScrumCode reviewTDDBunVS CodePyCharm

Education

Foundations

B.Tech — Computer Science Engineering

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU)

2024
Certifications
  • The Complete Python Pro Bootcamp — Udemy
  • Google Play Store Developer — published Android apps
  • Google Cloud Platform — cloud deployments
How I work

Core competencies

  • Strong analytical & problem-solving, with root-cause focus
  • Clear communication & cross-functional collaboration in Agile/Scrum
  • High attention to detail & accuracy across deliverables
  • Strong organization & time-management across parallel projects
  • Owns features end-to-end, independently or in a team
  • Creative problem solver with a continuous-learning mindset
LanguagesEnglish (Professional) · Hindi & Urdu (Native)
AvailabilityImmediate · Abu Dhabi, UAE · open to UAE relocation
NationalityIndian